Improvement in cotton-presses



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

REODOM M. BROOKS, JAMES M. BROOKS, AND JAMES s. LAVENDER, OE

f RARNESvILLE, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,637, dated February9, 1875; application filed October 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th'at we, BHODOM M. BROOKS, JAMES M. BROOKS, and JAMES S.LAVENDER, of Barnesville, in the county of Pike and in the State ofGeorgia, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements inCotton-Presses; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a cotton and hay screw-press, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

ln order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention-appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describeits construction and operation,referring to the annexed drawing, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of our press, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged section through the device for operating the screw.

A A represent two bed-sills, upon which the bottom B of the press isfirmly secured. O represents the press-box letinto the bottom B, andstrengthened by a series of horizontal frames, each consisting of fourbars, D D, crossing each other at the corners and secured together, aswell as to the box O. G represents the vertical screw, at the lower endof which is attached the follower, and upon the top of which is placedthe elongated nut H, provided with a circumferential iange, a, at itslower e'nd. Surrounding the nut H is a head-block, I, rest-ing upon theflange a, and provided O11 opposite sides with lips b b. Around each lipb is bent a rod, J, the ends of which pass down in the corners formed bythe frames D, and fastened in the ends of the bed-sills A--that is, eachrod forms the bracing for one end of the press. A nail or screw, d, isinserted into the head-block I over each lip b, to prevent the rod Jfrom coming off the same. The upper end of the elongated nut H extends asuitable distance above the headblock I, and on this projecting end ofthe nut is placed a curved plate, K, which is fastened thereto by pins ee passed through them. L L represent two levers, connected at theirupper end by means of links h h, so as to pass around the screw Gr.These levers extend down to the ground, and in each, near its upper end,is a pin, which enters a hole in the curved plate or driver K. Thisplate is provided with flanges m along its sides to hold the levers inplace. To the rods J, on one side of the press, are secured semicircularirons P P, which are to be used when the press iS'to be moved from placeto place without being taken apart by simply taking oft' the levers Land backing up the cart or wagon. The press is then dumped or turnedover, so that the irons P P will come on the bolster or axle andoverbalance on the same.

By this means the press may be taken whole on a wagon orcart withoutbeing taken down, and it can be turned down in a few moments ready forpacking.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The metallic head-block I, surrounding the nut H and screw'G, andprovided withv upward-projecting flanges b b, into which are looped thecontinuous rods J J, substantially as and for the purposes herein setforth.

2. rlhe nut H, provided with circumferential iiange a at its base, incombination with the anged head-block I, as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

3. The combination of the elongated nut H, flanged driver K, fastenedthereto bypins ce, and the levers L L, provided with pins M, andconnected by links h h, all substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testimonythat we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsandseals this 3d day of October, 1874.

RHODOM M. BROOKS. [L JAMES M. BROOKS. [L JAMES S. LAVENDER. lL.

Witnesses:

J. C. G. BLAOKRURN,I V. B. SAxON.

